I thought the second Matrix movie was pretty good, though not as good as the first. The third was definitely a steaming pile. I actually nearly nodded off in it and that has NEVER happened to me in the theater.
I think mostly because they had all these great philosophical and existential questions all loaded up in the series and then just dodged answering any of them with way too much action that wasn't even all that good. And the final battle with Agent Smith was so over the top it was completely brutal. But they kinda forced themselves into that.
However, a lot of the supporting stuff they did for the series was just as good as the first movie. The Animatrix was entertaining, interesting, and creepy. The one PS2/Xbox game that followed alongside the second film where you took the place as Naomi or Ghost was also cool and gave you some additional footage.
As for Lawrance Fishburne, he has a pretty good soliloquy in the second Matrix.
Dunno if I'd agree with all (or even half) of those movies you named as better in the last 3 years Octothorpe, (the remake of Tron? really? Looper?) but I think we all agree neither of the Matrix sequels are anything to hold up as a classic or are even very good.
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